Posted by Alaina Browne, May 18, 2007 at 1:36 PM
The lovingly illustrated food blog Lobstersquad's list of tips for preparing and storing pesto inspired me to hunt down a few pesto recipes.
Gourmet's recipe is pretty typical and easy to make, but if you have more time and patience it is probably worth following Heidi's suggestion and making pesto like an Italian grandma -- chop chop chop and chop some more!
We like Tom Colicchio's straight-forward approach to green things, and have adapted his recipe below. This one's all about the basil.
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Posted by Ed Levine, May 3, 2007 at 6:45 PM
Like a lot of people my age, the Silver Palate Cookbook became my go-to cookbook when I first started cooking for friends and girlfriends. In fact, the first brunch I ever cooked for my wife featured two recipes from the Silver Palate. Julee Rosso's and Sheila Lukins's recipes are simultaneously sophisticated and down to earth, and—here's the best part—they always work.
This was one of the most popular summer salad recipes from the original Silver Palate.
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